Return to Remus characters

Appears from the start

A powerful healer returning toward Remus after a long absence. She takes responsibility for a newly hatched white bird whose needs and dangerous fire she does not yet understand.

Appears from the start

A highly intelligent white hatchling in Elaine's care. Her unknown diet and tendency to ignite her surroundings make keeping her alive and others safe an immediate challenge.

Appears from the start

A Ranger with expertise in animal companions who helps Elaine care for Auri. He supplies their camp and assists with the hatchling’s feeding and shelter.

Also known as Auri

First appears in chapter 4

Auri's full identity after her system awakens. The young phoenix chooses an Inferno path for her first class as Elaine continues bringing her toward Arminium.

First appears in chapter 4

A returning Sentinel whom Elaine expects to see after reaching home. Elaine looks forward to introducing her to Auri.

Also known as Lightning Reaper

First appears in chapter 6

Elaine's friend, now forced to fight as an enslaved gladiator in the Colosseum. Known in the arena as the Lightning Reaper, she wields lightning and earth magic while surviving repeated execution bouts.

First appears in chapter 7

The senator who owns Artemis's debt and blocks her departure from the Colosseum. Enyo releases Artemis after Elaine commits to paying two thousand rods.

Also known as Commander Julius

First appears in chapter 7

A Ranger commander and Artemis's partner. His failure to intervene in her case is alarming because he has vanished near Arminium without explanation.

First appears in chapter 7

A retired Ranger who has joined Artemis's school. He is part of the circle waiting for Elaine after her return.

First appears in chapter 8

Elaine's father and a Praetorian. He welcomes his daughter home after her long absence and receives a hazardous first introduction to Auri's flames.

First appears in chapter 8

Elaine's mother and a healer. She accepts Auri into the family home, provides a fire-safe perch, and sets firm household limits for the hatchling.

First appears in chapter 10

An immortal leader among the Sentinels who detects Elaine despite her camouflage gem by noticing environmental signs, including Auri’s heat.

Also known as Sentinel Maestri

First appears in chapter 11

A newly promoted Sentinel whose nullification counters magic. Storm-enhanced speed supports Maestri's role as a specialist against mages.

First appears in chapter 11

A Sentinel specializing in long-range sniping. His title is deliberate misdirection rather than a claim of illusion magic.

First appears in chapter 13

A hostile supernatural figure connected to Elaine's rejuvenation power. Elaine's account establishes that using the skill brings a curse from White Dove, making every future use dangerous.

First appears in chapter 17

Autumn's father and partner in their expanded market business. A cautious merchant and friend to Elaine, he recognizes both the value and the danger of selling stored rejuvenation.

First appears in chapter 17

Elaine's healing apprentice and Neptune's market partner. Her medical studies have advanced her healer class and opened a new class option tied to Elaine's example.

First appears in chapter 18

The exhausted mother of infant Primus, with another child expected. Elaine restores her energy and arranges recurring help to ease the weight of child care and household work.

First appears in chapter 18

A senior Sentinel adviser who urges Elaine to wait at least a year before selecting her third class, emphasizing the permanence of the decision.

First appears in chapter 18

A vampire seeking healing knowledge that might reduce vampires' dependence on blood. Elaine directs him toward Artemis's school and her medical writings.

First appears in chapter 18

A Ranger Command representative who works with Elaine to prepare an imperial briefing about the Shimagu threat.

First appears in chapter 19

A hairdresser with a rare fireproofing skill. Even her specialized protection proves unable to withstand Auri's flames.

First appears in chapter 19

A retired, high-level tutor recommended for Auri's unusual needs. He accepts a long teaching commitment in return for Elaine using her rejuvenation skill after two years.

Also known as Emperor Augustus

First appears in chapter 20

The emperor and a former general. He assesses the Shimagu threat, considers funding healers for Ranger operations, and offers wealth and political advancement for Elaine's rejuvenation power.

First appears in chapter 21

A Sentinel with extensive underworld contacts. Criminals kidnap his children for ransom, prompting a covert effort to find the family and bring them home safely.

First appears in chapter 21

The Sentinel who leads the covert operation to locate Acquisition and rescue his children from their kidnappers.

First appears in chapter 21

A Sentinel assigned to the rescue of Acquisition's family. Destruction supplies rooftop overwatch and stone-based combat support during the assault.

First appears in chapter 21

A Sentinel who helps secure the approaches during the operation to recover Acquisition and his kidnapped children.

First appears in chapter 21

A Sentinel who secures part of the perimeter during the rescue of Acquisition's family.

First appears in chapter 22

A young child living in an abusive and impoverished home. With her mother's consent, Elaine takes Claudia and her brother Secundus somewhere safer.

First appears in chapter 22

Claudia's young brother. He leaves their violent home under Elaine's protection after their mother agrees to let both children go.

First appears in chapter 24

An imperial legal adviser responsible for examining the details of Elaine's proposed reforms, including whether new citizenship rules can apply retroactively.

Also known as White Dove

First appears in chapter 25

The form White Dove assumes before departing from Elaine's first public rejuvenation demonstration. The transformation establishes that Black Crow and White Dove are the same being.

First appears in chapter 30

The imperial consort and a recipient of Elaine's rejuvenation. Elaine makes her physically about nineteen, after which White Dove imposes a curse tied to bathing in the light of two full moons.

First appears in chapter 31

An Aquileia guard officer who recognizes Elaine during her undercover investigation. After learning her purpose, he agrees to keep it secret.

Also known as Arthur

First appears in chapter 32

An independent Sentinel traveling as the bard Arthur. He has separately tracked the false Ranger and remains burdened by the continuing deaths caused by his wartime poisoning campaign.

Also known as Criseus

First appears in chapter 35

A merchant from the Nostrum Sea and one of the recipients of Elaine's rejuvenation. White Dove curses his touch to transform whatever it contacts into gold.

First appears in chapter 41

An ancient vampire progenitor and Sentinel leader seen in a future interlude. He guides humanity from the shadows, prepares others for responsibility, and treats Sentinel Dawn as missing rather than confirmed dead.